Articles

The First Face: Finding Samuel Fuller in His Early Stories and Screenplays
by Jeff Billington

Laughter in the Dark: The Black Comedy of Lina Wertmüller (Preview)
by Darragh O’Donoghue

The Eclipsed Visions of Bill Gunn: An African-American Auteur’s Elusive Genius, from Ganja & Hess to Personal Problems (Preview)
by Steve Ryfle

A Double Feature: Sam Fuller’s The Steel Helmet and Stanley Kubrick’s Fear and Desire
by Marsha Gordon

The Other 1968s (Web Exclusive)

Film Reviews

BlacKkKlansman
Reviewed by Herb Boyd

The Rachel Divide
Reviewed by Mary F. Corey

Wormwood
Reviewed by Declan McGrath

Lean on Pete
Reviewed by J. E. Smyth

Godard Mon Amour
Reviewed by Darragh O’Donoghue

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Reviewed by Matthew Hays

Bobby Kennedy for President
Reviewed by Ian Scott

Angels Wear White (Web Exclusive)
Reviewed by Lux Chen

Blu-ray and DVD Reviews

The Virgin Spring
Reviewed by David Neary

Midnight Cowboy
Reviewed by Jonathan Kirshner

Gun Crazy
Reviewed by Darragh O’Donoghue

The Awful Truth (Preview)
Reviewed by David Sterritt

A Fistful of Dollars
Reviewed by Christopher Sharrett

Annihilation
Reviewed by Rahul Hamid

Staff Recommendations: Forbidden Films: The Hidden Legacy of Nazi Films, Irma Vep, Model Shop, The Sacrifice, and Silence and Cry
Reviewed by Cineaste Editors

Digging the Spanish Earth (Web Exclusive)
Reviewed by Thomas Waugh

No Down Payment (Web Exclusive)
Reviewed by David Sterritt

Interviews

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: An Interview with Leon Vitali and Tony Zierra
by Rodney F. Hill

Revitalizing the Teen Movie: An Interview with Desiree Akhavan
by Andrew Northrop

Thinking Her Own Thoughts: An Interview with Debra Granik
by Maria Garcia

Feminism and Iranian Cinema: An Interview with Narges Abyar
by Ana Diamond

Wake Up and Smell the Estrogen: An Interview with Bruce LaBruce
by Richard Porton

Book Reviews

Show Trial: Hollywood, HUAC, and
the Birth of the Blacklist
Reviewed by Patrick McGilligan

Nobody’s Girl Friday: The Women Who Ran Hollywood
Reviewed by Imogen Sara Smith

From the Third Eye: The Evergreen Review Film Reader
Reviewed by David Sterritt

Orson Welles in Focus: Texts and Contexts
Reviewed by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Jolted Images: Unbound Analytic
Reviewed by Kamila Kuc

People Only Die of Love in the Movies: Film Writing by Jim Ridley
Reviewed by Steve Erickson

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International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (Web Exclusive)
by Jared Rapfogel

The Seattle International Film Festival (Web Exclusive)
by Dennis West

The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (Web Exclusive)
by Jonathan Murray

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